A gaggle of teenagers stood in front of the Walnut Creek Cheesecake Factory as I slowly pulled past the crosswalk and parked. A boy in a varsity hoodie noticed my car and rushed over. “Uber?” he asked. I nodded. “Let me get my friends.” The kids parted as he walked a drunk girl to myContinue reading “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”
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Hit and Run
“You have arrived,” said the Uber app voice. “Your destination is on the right.” The map on my iPhone showed only coordinates. No physical address. I craned my neck, looking up and down the dark sidewalk. This was the part of Uber’ing that stressed me the most: finding the address and passenger without getting rear-ended,Continue reading “Hit and Run”
Marie the Elder
I turned the corner of the hospital corridor and looked at the patient in the room where I was expecting to see my former mother-in-law. The white-haired woman who lay swaddled in bedding, surrounded by IV bags and equipment looked too old and emaciated to be Marie. I asked at the nurse’s station where I could find Room 2012. She pointed to the frail lady across the hall.
Welcome to a Virtual Author Reading
Marie Estorge reads from her debut novel, IN THE MIDDLE OF OTHERWISE. Please listen along as Marie reads from Chapter One. For more information, please visit marieestorge.com. Thank you!
Twelve Questions for Marie Estorge
Amy Schorr asks Marie Estorge, author of IN THE MIDDLE OF OTHERWISE, 12 questions Amy: The title of your book IN THE MIDDLE OF OTHERWISE is quite intriguing. Would you please tell us about it? Marie: My day job is accounting and during a hectic financial close, my colleague said, “Here we are in theContinue reading “Twelve Questions for Marie Estorge”
in the middle of otherwise – Now Available!
I’m pleased to announce that in the middle of otherwise is now published and available for sale. The eBook is available on Amazon and other options will be available soon. To purchase a signed copy directly from the author, please click here. Free shipping for the first 50 orders. Also available in eBook and paperbackContinue reading “in the middle of otherwise – Now Available!”
In the Middle of Otherwise
New review by N.N. Light’s Book Heaven (December 2, 2020): Jenny, overcome with grief over the accidental death of her toddler son, decides today is the day she’s going to kill herself. She has nothing to live for… or does she? When she meets insurance salesman Brodie, she wonders if the universe is telling herContinue reading “In the Middle of Otherwise”